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Kuna Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093552
MRDS ID W014333
MAS/MILS ID 0160370335
Record type Site
Current site name Kuna Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.30172, 44.39959 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 9 MI SW OF CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bayhorse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 018E 02 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Copper Stains

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bayhorse Dolomite
    Rock description Bayhorse Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.30172, 44.39959
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1921
Discoverer J. J. Jarvis

Mining district

District name Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9.14M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Uster County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P

  • Deposit

    1937 Geolmap Ross, C. P., Bulletin 87

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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